LodoreBeset by jealousy over an admirer of his wife’s, Lord Lodore has come with his daughter Ethel to the American wilderness; his wife Cornelia, meanwhile, has remained with her controlling mother in England. When he finally brings himself to attempt a return, Lodore is killed en route in a duel. Ethel does return to England, and the rest of the book tells the story of her marriage to the troubled and impoverished Villiers (whom she stands by through a variety of tribulations) and her long journey to a reconciliation with her mother. Lodore’s scope of character and of idea is matched by its narrative range and variety of setting; the novel’s highly dramatic story-line moves at different points to Italy, to Illinois, and to Niagara Falls. And in this edition, which includes a wealth of documents from the period, the reader is provided with a sense of the full context out of which Shelley’s achievement emerged. |
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... render her unfit for the world she is to inhabit ' .... It does not seem to have occurred to him that Mary might come into conflict with the world , as he did the power of passion , illusion , and despair ” ( 44 ) . Shelley considers ...
... render her ever pliant to his will , ” he “ drew his chief ideas from Milton's Eve , and adding to this the romance of chivalry , he satisfied himself that his daughter would be the embodied ideal of all that is adorable and estimable ...
... 2 Shelley may be basing this on Birkbeck's account of a projected shipping port at the mouth of the Bonpas , where it meets the Big Wabash River . See Appendix C. to render his abode so entirely secluded . At first LODORE 55.
Mary Shelley Lisa Vargo. to render his abode so entirely secluded . At first the former town rapidly declined , and many a log hut fell to ruin ; but at last , having sunk into the appearance and name of a village , it continued to exist ...
... rendered it doubly his . The murmur of the neighbouring river became the voice of a friend ; it welcomed him on his return from any expedition ; and he hailed the first echo of it that struck upon his ear from afar , with a thrill of ...
Contents
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Mary ShelleyWoman of Letters | 449 |
Some Literary Contexts | 472 |
Illinois and Duelling | 483 |
William Godwin from Enquiry Concerning Political Justice Third Edition | 493 |
Domesticity and Womens Education | 500 |
Contemporary Reviews of Lodore | 531 |
From The Literary Gazette | 543 |
Select Bibliography | 550 |